In the litany of North Penn cultural hallmarks, it’s hard to forget one of the longest standing traditions of our morning shows is categorically… Pointless. After all, that’s exactly the point.

The Dude Report was founded in the 2005-2006 school year by career study students Sean Gardner and Corey Pacey as a radio show dubbed “The Dude Show.” When North Penn adopted a morning show that year, the dudes worked in a one-time segment where they spoofed a weather report as the titular “Dude Report.”

The skit was an instant hit among students and faculty alike. What was meant to be a one-time joke segment claimed its spot in the North Penn cultural zeitgeist over the years, with a unique spin left by each year’s dudes.

For its 13th season, seniors Audrey Keller, Holly Marlin, and Reesa Frost are looking to return The Dude Report to the formula that made it so popular in the first place.
“Oh god, Sean and Corey… When Holly showed me those old clips I thought they were so funny. I knew we had to do this,” Frost said.

“I hope we make it as funny as them!” Audrey added.

“Well, ‘funny,’ ” Frost retorted with air quotes. “We know what we find funny, and I hope others do too.”

The three are involved with mentorship in the broadcasting studio during 7th and 8th periods, where ideas are gathered and their skits are packaged for broadcast every Friday morning.

“For the three of us, season thirteen of Dude Report has become kind of brain vomit, but we’re good at making brain vomit work,” Keller surmised between giggles.

While every dude-cast paints the segment in a separate light, the Dude Report has become a segment to bring student personality and engagement to the morning show. This year’s skits have been centered around a word that starts with the same letter as the high school’s “letter day.” Their very first segment made students aware of “E” day by pelting Keller with a basketball and creating a sudden “e”-mergency.

“It all comes together on a document where we put down words as we think of them, and we find one we like and start working on a skit. Like the next one is going to be about the word ‘dream,’ for D-day,” Keller said.

“We all find the same kinds of stuff funny, too, so it’s not super hard to find an idea we agree about,” Keller continued as Frost nudged her head in towards the recorder.

“Something else about that is it doesn’t take doesn’t take a lot to be creative, like in general. It’s the way we collaborate that makes stuff work, we’re more open to each other’s ideas and sometimes we find fantastic ones. Being a judgment free group and letting ideas grow is the best way to do it,” Frost asserted.

Catch the Dude Report every Friday YouTube live at NPTV or on https://northpennnews.org/ to see how the trio takes on North Penn’s next letter day.